breun Vraag jezelf: "Wat doe ik hier?"

Nieuw jargon

Na mijn repeat-verslaving aan dat nummer van Athelete laatst, zijn nu The Shins met het nummer "New Slang" aan de beurt. Aldus een review was dit nummer de enige albumtrack enige die echt de moeite waard was, maar dat is 'ie dan dus ook.

Gold teeth and a curse for this town were all in my mouth
Only I don't know how they got out, dear
Turn me back into the pet I was when we met
I was happier then with no mind-set

And if you'd took to me like a gull takes to the wind
Well, I'd have jumped from my trees
And I'd have danced like the king of the eyesores
And the rest of our lives would have fared well

New slang when you notice the stripes
The dirt in your fries
Hope it's right when you die, old and bony
Dawn breaks like a bull through the hall
Never should have called
But my head's to the wall and I'm lonely

And if you'd took to me like a gull takes to the wind
Well, I'd have jumped from my trees
And I'd have danced like the king of the eyesores
And the rest of our lives would have fared well

Godspeed all the bakers at dawn
May they all cut their thumbs
And bleed into their buns 'till they melt away
I'm looking in on the good life
I might be doomed never to find
Without a trust of flaming fields
Am I too dumb to refine?

And if you'd took to me like a
I'd have danced like the queen of the eyesores
And the rest of our lives would have fared well

Maar dan moet je er dus wel het Beach Boys-achtige country-deuntje bij horen. Doen dus.